Epilepsy
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Epilepsy is a disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures.
Epilepsy is a disorder in which nerves cell activity in the brian is disturbed, causing seizures.
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Symptoms may include
🔸muscle spasms and twitches
🔸seizures
🔸headaches
🔸paralyzed temporarily after a seizure
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How does it get diagnosed???
Different types of seizures respond to different treatments. Your doctor will ask about family history and request several tests.
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Life span after being diagnosed.
People have died from ages 3-97 depending on how severe the seizure is.
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Treatments:
🔹 Drug Therapy
🔹 Lyrica
🔹Topamax
🔹Keppra
🔹 Phenobarbital
And more
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How often does it occur?
Prevalence?
5 to 8.5 for every 1,000
people
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Long term effects
💠 brain injury
💠memory loss
💠sudden death
💠development disabilities
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Short term effects
🔺seizures
🔺short term memory loss
🔺dazed/confused
🔺sleepiness
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Where it is found
⚫️Epilepsy is found worldwide. It's doesn't target a certain race or region. Though 3/4 of epileptics live in low and middle income countries.
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Random facts.
1⃣ one in 20 epileptics are sensitive to flickering light. The contrast or change in light can trigger a seizure
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2⃣ you can't swallow your tongue during a seizure. It's physically impossible.
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3⃣only in about 30% of cases is the cause of epilepsy determined. The other 70% remain unanswered.
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5⃣ epilepsy can't be cured
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Interviewed person.
Mike Simmel has epilepsy. He says that managing epilepsy is a balancing act. That if you have it you need to be active, take
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your medication, eat healthy, and sleep well.
"In my experience epilepsy is a condition like everything else."
-Mike Simmel
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